A figure was slowly moving toward Lester. He had a smile on his face.
"Did you speak to the lis?" asked Lester. He was curious and also in admiration of Knuckles.
Why wouldn't he be? Knuckles had succeeded in doing what the bandits couldn't since they got here.
That was breaking into the Lis Mansion. In fact, he did it in such a way that the Li guards didn't even know.
Knuckles smiled and said, "They will work with us."
Lester was relieved and excited at the same time. He didn't like spending all that money every time he got into the village.
"Let's make preparations; there's going to be a battle and I refuse to lose," said Knuckles.
He then rode off on his horse.
Lester quickly followed behind.
...
"What is your name, little boy?" A voice sounded. It belonged to the man Frank had just met in the jail cell. They had spoken for a while, and he found him to be a really interesting man.
He had always wanted to join the kingdom's army but due to some family issues, he was stopped. As a matter of fact, the reason he was caught was that he ran away from home.
He was heading to the fire-bird base to join when some people caught him. Since then, he had no chance of getting out. He also loved learning new things and was very intrigued by Frank's made-up story.
"frank"
Well brother Frank, it's nice to meet you. I wish we had met in a better situation. I would have treated you to a cold bottle of wine.
Frank said confidently, "We won't be here for very long. Don't worry about it. I will take you up on that offer when we get out." Frank had spent the night here, so Lester should be here any minute to get him out.
"Oh, you seem very confident," the man thought with a smile, not knowing where the confidence came from but not minding.
The guard suddenly pushed open the door to the cell and said,
You are a very lucky kid. Your master has forgiven you. I was going to teach you a lesson this night.
the guard liked beating up the prisoners. He was in the cell the night before, but he didn't pay much attention to Frank. You could say Frank was just lucky.
The man sitting next to Frank looked stunned. Frank knew his master was going to get him out.
But then he had another thought: maybe Frank was the merchant's illegitimate child or something.
Frank stood up and walked to the guard. The other prisoner looked at him with envy. He had just gotten here yesterday and he was getting out today.
Frank looked back and then said, "I never got your name."
He was asking the man he had spent the night talking to.
"Jonathan," he said.
"I'll see you on the outside," Frank said.
The guard only laughed mockingly Jonathan would never get out. In fact, Jonathan was one of the prisoners that had been in this guard house before the bandits came.
No one had ever come for him, so he was definitely going to rot here.
Frank, I hope you won't ever steal from me ever again. Oh, else you'll end up here again and I won't come for you this time," said Lester with a smile on his face.
Frank looked back at him and nodded slightly. Lester was going too far and it was starting to piss him off.
"Okay, come on, let's get you cleaned up." Lester continued
The guard then pulled Frank back.
"Mr. Lester, you took him out too fast. I didn't have time to have fun with him, I'm afraid," the guard said hesitantly.
But of course, Lester knew what he wanted, but strangely, Lester didn't budge.
"Do you think that every time you want money, I'll give it to you ?" "Lester flatly "Let him go or else I'll let one of the bandits know that you are taking bribes," he added.
Lester had learned from what happened at the gate that the bandit would take all the cash he gave to the guard yesterday into "evidence" if he heard about it and the guard wouldn't get anything.
The guard knew that too, so he simply let Frank go.
Frank got out with Lester and walked to the inn. Throughout their walk, Lester had a huge smile on his face. He had managed to save some money.
Lester was truly a merchant; he wanted to save even the smallest amount.
Soon they got to a building. There was a sign that read
"Four-flavor whine inn"
He hastily headed to his room. He wasn't shocked to see both Sparrow and Knuckles there.
"Frank, you're back," said Knuckles. He stood up and gave him a pat on the back. "Good job," he added.
He then turned around and said, "Tell me about your progress."
"Let's start with sparrow"
"There are a total of 100 guards in the village. Thirty are from the village guard. The rest are mostly bandits or strongly inclined to the side of the bandits," sparrow said.
"I have also managed to single out the ones that have a deep-seated hatred for bandits." sparrow looked proud of himself. At the same time, he understood that the odds were not in their favor.
"I am just waiting for orders so I can let them into the fold," he added.
Knuckles nodded. He also understood that they were outnumbered. The enemy had more men than them. It was frustrating. He could only bank on Wang Bens team.
The bandits also had cultivators.
"Frank, what about you ? Do you know where the guys are imprisoned and the layout of the guard house? " asked knuckles
"Yes, they are being held there, three of them," said Frank.
Knuckles beamed. He was happy, but later calmed down. There was still work to be done.
"We will also have some support from the Li family," said Knuckles.